More 2009 faves!

The card and matching gift box was made for my daughter for Mother's Day.  I have yet to make the bracelet with her daughter's names to put in the gift box.  I am planning on making a 2 strand bracelet for her.  Hopefully I will get the bracelet made before this years' Mother's Day.

This card was made for a blogging friend who is a cross stitcher; sings in a choir and was also born in the Netherlands.  I used a cuttlebug folder for the embossing and stamped the flower portion of the tulip image twice and popped it up over the original image.  I had the music note charm in my stash.  I also used a Nestibilities dye that the image is stamped on.  The recipient was quite pleased with the card.

Anna/Oma

Some of my favourite cards and projects from 2009.

Card for my granddaughter Brooke

Heart shaped chocolate popsicles that I embellished with the Heart Nestibility from Spellbinders.  They were a big hit with my 2 granddaughters.

Valentine Card for my daughter.

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Valentine card for my son who loves music.

Card for my other granddaughter, Sierra.

Another valentine card.

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Update on me

I  felt great all day yesterday and managed to get through the day without napping in the afternoon.  Today I had planned on doing all the laundry that has piled up but only managed to get 4 loads done.  At 4 p.m. I could not keep my eyes open longer and had a power nap that lasted for an hour and 15 minutes.  I then had some supper but now I feel like I could just crawl right back into bed.  It is only 7 p.m. right now so going to bed this early is not a very good idea.  I would be wide awake and raring to go by 2 a.m.   I am still hoping to start back to work tomorrow but doubt very much I will last the entire shift.  The Dr. told me I would have spells of exhaustion and feeling very tired until the end of the month.  Luckily this is a somewhat slow time of year at work and my boss is OK with the fact I might not last the entire day.  The Dr. told me not to push myself too hard or I would end up being sick again.  I don't think that the insurance company who will be paying my short term disability would be very happy with me if I had another extended sick leave from work.

My next post will highlight the cards and projects I made in 2009 that I am the most pleased with.

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I`m back!

Without going into a lot of detail, I just wanted to let everyone know that I spent a week in the hospital with Right Upper Lobe Pneumonia.  Not a pleasant experience at all!  I became ill on Thursday, Dec. 31 and was admitted to the hospital on January 3rd.  I should have gone sooner but I did not realize just how sick I really was.  I thought I had pulled a muscle or pinched a nerve.  I will be going to my family Dr. for follow up care but do not know as yet when I will be able to go back to work again.  I feel that the Lord has given me a 2nd chance and have now quit smoking.  I had my last cigarette on Jan. 2nd in the morning and barely smoked it as it left me gasping for air.  With my Dr.`s help, my family`s and friend`s and coworker`s support and encouragement I have no intentions of  smoking anymore.  I was amazed that I did not have a craving for nicotine while in the hospital but I was drinking a lot of water and juices which I`m sure flushed a lot of the nicotine out of my system.

I`ve been given a 2nd chance to change my life style and intend to live long enough to celebrate many more wedding anniversaries with Opa and to watch my 2 granddaughters grow into beautiful young women.

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